Trump Ditches: Union Speech and Border Wall

trump ditches: Aiming to keep conservative supporters happy as he looks to November congressional elections, Trump stood by a set of principles opposed by Democrats, including the border wall with Mexico and new restrictions on how many family members that legal immigrants can bring into the United States, according to CBC. Read Trump's state of the union speech, annotated Americans are dreamers, too' Trump ditches the fog horn for state of the union speech Tonight, I call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out common ground, and to summon the unity we need to deliver for the people we were elected to serve, Trump said in his address. Trump, in his first State of the Union speech, gave no ground on the contentious issue of whether to shield young immigrants known as Dreamers from deportation. Trump used the hour-and-20-minute speech, given annually by presidents to Congress, to try to overcome doubts about his presidency at a time when he is battling a probe into his campaign's alleged ties with Russia and suffering low job approval ratings. Albuquerque police officer Ryan Holets and his wife Rebecca acknowledge their introduction by Trump as they stand with first lady Melania Trump during the speech. Trump made no mention of the federal probe into whether his campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential election, a controversy that is dogging his presidency. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.